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Old 14-10-2013, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by pvelez View Post
Peter

here is the statement that confused me:

The AO-X is a new large aperture AO for the STX and STXL cameras. It requires the FW8G-STXL Filter Wheel or STT-STXL Remote Guide Head and OAG to operate the AO-8X.

This is from https://www.sbig.com/products/adaptive-optics/ao-x/

Pete
I can see why this might be confusing.

All you need is a second, *camera driven* guide chip. This can be:

STX in camera or remote head
STXL on CFW or remote head
STT on CFW or remote head.

Hope that clears thing up.
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